# Best Billy Joel Song - Vote Now! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 6, 2013, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-billy-joel-song-vote-now/670539 "2013-10-06T22:55:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-billy-joel-song-vote-now/670539/21 "2013-10-08T23:12:41Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > He’s admitted that he doesn’t like it that much, either. He claims that the tune is repetitive and that the lyrics are just a chain of limericks. I’ve seen an interview with him about this. He says he finds piano players at restaurants flying into it when they realize he’s there. He says they all seem to figure out that the song doesn’t go anywhere somewhere in the middle and look over at him for an out. He just looks at them, knowingly shrugs with a smile and goes back to dinner. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-billy-joel-song-vote-now/670539/22 "2013-10-09T01:26:44Z")
“For the Longest Time” because my Siamese cat loved it and I still miss her painfully every time I hear it. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-billy-joel-song-vote-now/670539/23 "2013-10-09T02:30:12Z")
Easily “Scenes…” It’s just to evocative. I’m surprised to see Stranger getting votes. There’s just nothing in that song that stands out. If I had to guess a dark horse, it’d be “The Entertainer,” but that’s not even on the poll. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-billy-joel-song-vote-now/670539/24 "2013-10-09T05:59:40Z")
Also went with _Scenes_… I remember seeing him in concert with Elton John, and they would trade off so each would pay the song that the other guy was sick of - So Elton did _Piano Man_, and Billy did… well, I don’t remember what Billy did. _Your Song_, maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-billy-joel-song-vote-now/670539/25 "2013-10-09T13:26:23Z")
_Scenes_ was my favorite for many years, but I got a little tired of it. It’s Billy Joel’s _Bohemian Rhapsody_; there are two or three good songs there, but the concatenation of them is unpolished and just gets jarring after a while. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2013, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-billy-joel-song-vote-now/670539/26 "2013-10-11T02:44:34Z")
Looks like we have a clear couple frontrunners, and a few others trailing behind. Thanks for voting everyone. This was a lot of fun for me, a huge Billy Joel fan. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-billy-joel-song-vote-now/670539.md?page=1)